Arthur Szyk

Subject: Arthur Szyk

Born 16/6/1894, 131 years ago

Graphic artist, book illustrator, stage designer and caricaturist.  Born Lodz Poland.  In Paris 1921 - 37.  The listing entry says: “Arthur Szyk, a noted artist of Polish-Jewish origin. …. Leaving ...

Person, Art, France, Poland, USA

1 memorial
13th and 14th Wandsworth Battalions

Subject: 13th and 14th Wandsworth Battalions

Started 16/6/1915, 110 years ago

The 13th was part of the East Surrey Regiment garrisoned at Witney. The 14th was a separate battalion which was absorbed into other battalions in June 1916.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Wandsworth Regulars

Subject: Wandsworth Regulars

Started 16/6/1915, 110 years ago

The 13th (Service) battalion of the East Surrey Regiment. Raised in the Borough of Wandsworth in 1915, the battalion was known as the Wandsworth Regulars and served with distinction in France from ...

Group, Armed Forces, France

1 memorial
Edward Whitman

Subject: Edward Whitman

Born 16/6/1922, 103 years ago

Marine Edward Thomas John Whitman was born on 16 June 1922 in Islington, the fifth of the six children of Edward Thomas Whitman (1891-1961) and Mary Ann Whitman née Cole (1889-1953). His father was...

Person

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
R. V. Wilkinson

Subject: R. V. Wilkinson

Died 16/6/1920, 105 years ago

T4/059500 Driver Royal Army Service Corps. Age 28. 24.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Norma Elaine Williamson

Subject: Norma Elaine Williamson

Died 16/6/2015, 10 years ago

Norma Elaine Williamson came to London from Jamaica as a young girl and lived, initially with her mother, in Stockwell, her home for the rest of her life. She had a variety of careers, the final on...

Person, Community / Clubs, Social Welfare, Jamaica

1 memorial
Walter Abraham Wilson

Subject: Walter Abraham Wilson

Born 16/6/1882, 143 years ago

Killed as a result of a 13 October 1944 air raid on Coronation Avenue. Walter Abraham Wilson was born on 16 June 1882 in Hoxton, Middlesex (now Greater London), one of the seven children of Edward...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Lawrence E. "Curly" Woodhead

Subject: Lawrence E. "Curly" Woodhead

Died 16/6/1944, 81 years ago

Canadian firefighter and competitive diver. A section leader from Saskatoon, he died while training in Hampshire. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research and also found the photo: Section L...

Person, Emergency Services, Canada

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
A. J. E. Worsley

Subject: A. J. E. Worsley

Died 16/6/1917, 108 years ago

Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Leading Seaman Albert James Edward Worsley was born in 1881 in Battersea, the 3rd of the five sons of John Worsley and Mary Ann Worsl...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Thomas Young

Subject: Thomas Young

Born 16/6/1773, 252 years ago

Professor of natural philosophy to the Royal Institution.

Person, Science

2 memorials
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